BusOperatorRegistration

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Bus Operator Registration

• The replacement of Cliff with JeanetteCoutts has been attached.

• From 2019, the organisations from whom we hire buses for Leisuretime require a Bus Operator Registration number.

• These are issued by Bus Safety Victoria. The application form is available.

• There seems to be some indecision within BSV over who should apply; the local congregation or Presbytery / Synod.
  • Synod do not currently have an "unbrella" registration.
  • The congregation is preferred, as the "contact person" on the form needs to be directly involved.

• GWUC applied for a registration in 2019, for Leisuretime hiring, with CliffBaker as contact person. It was sent to <julien DOT Pezzino AT transportsafety DOT vic DOT gov DOT au>, after telephone conversations. BusOperatorRegistrationGWUC.pdf is the completed application.

  • It included our ABN lookup as "proof of existence", and a letter appointing Cliff as contact person.
• The certificate was issued 26 Feb 2019 subject to the Section 22(6) of the bus safety act:
• Section 22(6) reads

(6) The registration of an operator to operate a
bus service is subject to the following
conditions—
(a) the operator of the bus service must—
(i) keep the certificate of registration
issued by the Safety Director; and
(ii) if the operator ceases to operate the bus
service, return the certificate of
registration to the Safety Director;
(b) the operator of the bus service must, if the
Safety Director requests, produce the
certificate of registration to the Safety
Director;
(c) the operator of the bus service must notify
the Safety Director if—
(i) the nature of the bus service changes;
(ii) the details specified in the application
for registration change;
(iii) the operator of the bus service ceases to
operate the bus service;
(d) any conditions imposed by the Safety
Director under subsection (5A).

DavidMorgan March 2020